Alberta oil refineries (the government announced today) are a good idea, but 40 years too late. Also, carmakers will be churning out more e-cars by the time those refineries are up. Audi just launched their today to rave reviews. As for oil, the US rig count slipped in December, but ultimately Canada needs pipelines to ship oil to market. The North American economies are too weak to warrant an interest rate increase. US housing is weak, for instance, and inflation is rising fast enough to warrant a hike. Outlook for US stocks: 80% of reported stocks in have been beaten the street--and earnings drive markets.

Visa and Mastercard dominate payment systems worldwide. Visa is stronger and has a slightly better growth profile. Both companies are wonderful and well-entranched. They both have a wide, deep moat. Also, Asia will increase credit card use.

He likes telecoms because of 5G and data-heavy applications. Data traffic will be enormous; people are consuming more and more data, huge amounts already. This will only grow. Only the huge telcos can support this traffic.

Brookfield Properties vs. Keyera Likes KEY very much. Yields 6.5%. Processes natural gas. BIP, he doesn't own. He's concerned, because BBY owns a lot of malls in the U.S., but he fears malls are--or will be--dead. He owns other Brookfield stocks, but not this one.

(A Top Pick Jan 04/18, Up 4%) He loves companies that have oligopolies. Attractively priced now, but pays little yield.

(A Top Pick Jan 04/18, Up 9%) They've done a good job with the TMX through market reforms and improving operations. There's room to grow.

A mini-Berkshire Hathaway. It's done well picking stocks. But when the stock market declines, so does MKL. Look at their book and asset value. Buty this around 1.3-1.5x PB. He will look at this at year's end. Smart management.

He solid it last year. He lost faith in them become more than a commodity (dairy) supplier; it lacks pricing power. It's made acquisitions to try to grow, because there's little organic growth. A good, solid company, but can they get passed being a price-taker with no control over the prices of their products?